I've actually followed this rather closely. While I do NOT regard it as a killer feature, I think they've implemented this right (although who knows how long it will take the NSA to take part).
They actually store a hash of the capacitive thumb print in the authentication key chain. So unlike an optical finger print reader, it can't be fooled by a good photocopy nor, I believe, by a simplistic finger-print oils copy. It will take a good representational copy of the thumb. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 6:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Exchange] iPhone 5 new feature for thum print reader in ActiveSync Question Because nobody will ever think to copy and use the fingerprints that are already all over the phone to fool the fingerprint reader, right? Sigh. Kurt On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Todd Lemmiksoo <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there any talk in MS to add the new iPhone features to ActiveSync. > Management her at the hospital are already asking to use the finger > print reader feature to unlock the phone. > > -- > T. Todd Lemmiksoo
